Five years ago, $657 million worth of health care projects in Jefferson County alone were caught up in Alabama’s Certificate of Need contested case purgatory.
Transformational projects affecting thousands of patients, like Trinity Medical Center’s relocation to U.S. 280, spent years accumulating considerable legal fees, piles of paperwork and numerous court battles – only to get the green light several years after they were initially proposed. While the process unfolded, facilities sat vacant…
Five years ago, $657 million worth of health care projects in Jefferson County alone were caught up in Alabama’s Certificate of Need contested case purgatory.
Transformational projects affecting thousands of patients, like Trinity Medical Center’s relocation to U.S. 280, spent years accumulating considerable legal fees, piles of paperwork and numerous court battles – only to get the green light several years after they were initially proposed. While the process unfolded, facilities sat vacant…